NAICS 56211
What is the NAICS code 56211?
The NAICS code 56211 is applied to those industries related to Waste Collection.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) collecting and/or hauling hazardous waste, nonhazardous waste, and/or recyclable materials within a local area and/or (2) operating hazardous or nonhazardous waste transfer stations. Hazardous waste collection establishments may be responsible for the identification, treatment, packaging, and labeling of waste for the purposes of transport.
Therefore, all companies engaged in any industrial activity related to this type of business are grouped under category 56211 in the North American Industry Classification System.
This industrial activity of NAICS code is structured as follows:
- 56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
- 562 - Waste Management and Remediation Services
- 5621 - Waste Collection
- 56211 - Waste Collection
Characteristics of the North American Industry Classification System code 56211
NAFTA
This code is only used in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). It´s to say, it is not used in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Related codes
The NAICS industry 56211 has the following cross-references:
- Collecting and/or hauling in combination with disposal of waste materials are classified in Industry 56221, Waste Treatment and Disposal.
- Long-distance trucking of waste are classified in Industry 48423, Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance.
- Merchant wholesaling automotive, industrial, and other recyclable materials are classified in Industry 42393, Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers.
- Operating facilities for separating and sorting recyclable materials from nonhazardous waste streams (i.e., garbage) and/or for sorting commingled recyclable materials, such as paper, plastics, and metal cans, into distinct categories are classified in Industry 56292, Materials Recovery Facilities.
Related activities
Below are some of the most common types of activities in the Waste Collection industry (NAICS Code 56211).
- Ash collection services
- Ash hauling, local
- Garbage collection services
- Garbage hauling, local
- Garbage pick-up services
- Recyclable material collection services
- Recyclable material hauling, local
- Refuse collection services
- Refuse hauling, local
- Rubbish (i.e., nonhazardous solid waste) hauling, local
- Rubbish collection services
- Trash collection services
- Trash hauling, local
- Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid
- Waste hauling, local, nonhazardous solid
- Waste transfer stations, nonhazardous solid
